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Slang Dictionary — Modern Slang, Decoded

What does that word actually mean? Our slang dictionary explains modern slang clearly — Gen Z, internet, British and street slang — with real definitions, examples and where each term came from.

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The time in the 'Z' zone — Coordinated Universal Time (UTC/GMT) — used as a single common time reference so units in different time zones can coordinate without confusion.

The NATO phonetic code word for the letter 'Z'. It also designates the 'Z' time zone — Coordinated Universal Time (UTC/GMT) — used as a common reference across theatres.

A small privately operated minibus (pronounced 'zed-are') that runs set routes in Barbados, known for loud music and fast driving.

Drunk, especially the giddy, slurring, can't-walk-straight kind.

Modern slang for being very high on cannabis, to the point of being spaced out.

An Air Force jet pilot, or a student or graduate of the US Air Force Academy — the Air Force counterpart of 'jarhead' or 'squid.'

A wojak edit caricaturing Gen Z: middle-parted broccoli hair, tiny round glasses, headphones, manic grin. Posted at the youngest person in chat the second they say something cringe.

Nickname for the University of Massachusetts Amherst, earned by decades of Playboy 'top party school' rankings, Blarney Blowout chaos, and dorm-couch-on-fire energy. Students wear it like a medal; admissions hates it; it refuses to die.

A call by a leader unexpectedly dismissing troops from a formation or duty early.

Stand where you'd punish the enemy if they walked up, so they can't safely grab CS or XP. You don't have to land a single hit — just being a threat starves them out of the lane.

An archetype that wins by controlling space. Fireballs, long pokes, big disjoints, anything to wall you out and rack up damage while you struggle to get in. Death by a thousand cuts.

A defensive scheme in which players are responsible for covering assigned zones of the field rather than individual receivers.

Atlanta Police Department's Zone 6 — Eastside Atlanta: East Atlanta, Kirkwood, Edgewood, Reynoldstown. Reps as the home zone of Gucci Mane, 21 Savage, Childish Gambino's 'Atlanta' show, and the 1017 / Brick Squad scene.

Atlanta Police Department's Zone 4 — covering the Westside and Southwest, including Adamsville, Cascade and parts of the SWATS. Used in rap as a neighborhood badge: if you rep Zone 4 you're saying exactly where you're from.

When a person who previously ghosted you (cut off all contact) resurfaces out of nowhere, like a zombie rising from the dead, and starts messaging again.

A zombie knife — the serrated, jagged-edged blade marketed as a 'zombie apocalypse' weapon. Synonymous in drill bars with serious intent.

Describes being extremely high in a happy, spaced-out way.

Zobo is a popular chilled Nigerian drink made from dried hibiscus (zobo) leaves, often flavored with ginger, pineapple, or cloves. It's now sold nationwide and in African stores internationally.

Exploiting out-of-bounds movement so the game's logic snaps you across the map at high speed. A zip can save minutes by teleporting you past entire sections in a blink.

A full ounce of cannabis, about 28 grams.

The spiritual and physical homeland Rastas yearn for — Ethiopia/Africa — as opposed to 'Babylon'.

New Orleans pronunciation of 'sink' — that nasal Yat vowel turns the 'i' into something closer to 'in.' Your grandma in Metairie's been calling it a zink her whole life and isn't about to stop.

To fluff, primp, perfect. Zhooshing is the little finishing touches that take a look from fine to fierce, fixing the hair, tweaking the collar, fussing the cushions. Straight out of Polari, where it meant to smarten or stylise, and it crossed fully into the mainstream via Queer Eye. If it needs a bit more, give it a zhoosh.

The strip of exposed thigh visible between the hem of a short skirt or shorts and the top of thigh-high socks or stockings — a much-catalogued moe design point.